Thursday, January 12, 2012

She’s Geeky Bay Area

Computer History Museum, Mountain View

Fri-Sun, January 27-29th.

So how does She’s Geeky work?
The “un” part of unconfernece is about this being almost like a conference – amazing people, amazing discussions, great presentations. The big difference is that instead of a pre-planned agenda. The agenda is created live the day of the event by all the geek women who attend. Here is more on how an unconferene day works in our FAQ.

Who is it for?
We welcome geeks of all kinds and all levels of geekiness. All the way from formally trained multi-PhD recipients in very technical fields to those who geeky out on the weekend making cool gadgets. If you think you are even a little bit geeky about something you are most welcome.

Since the first successful event in 2007, we have hosted 10 events in the last five years around the country inclusive of women of all ages who self-identify as geeks. We attract women from a broad spectrum of technological specialties, professions, industries, levels of expertise, and across generations. More about She’s Geeky some of our history and what is Core to She’s Geeky.

How do I know it will be good?
It is hard to describe how much fun this event is for women who attend. To be in a room with 100′s who are both women and geeky is really an amazing thing to experience. We want you to join us!

What will I get out of it?
Women attending She’s Geeky events find inspiration and gain self confidence to pursue or continue on STEM career paths because they are given the opportunity to present their work, often for the first time, discuss critical issues and build peer networks for support.

We collaborate with diverse groups & communities bringing all types of geeks together!
This weekend is where:

Women 2.0 & LinuxChix

Engineers & neuroscientists

Gamers & Makers

Firmware & Software Developers

Nonprofit Technologists & Open Source coders

Multi-PhD & Self Taught Whiz’s

can all be in one place and learn from each other, inspire each other and grow cross disciplinary networks.

How many Women will be there?

This will be our fifth Bay Area She’s Geeky event and we are aiming for 500-600 women attending the event over the three days at the Computer History Museum.